is it just me or are there a large number of people on here who have the rudest things to say about EVERYTHING. im a member of a couple other gaming forums (only one i religiously post in) and by comparison the people on here can be UBER rude. im not sure if its just the nature of the members here or what. either way i can deal...

anyways love this site and hope it sticks around for a long time, even though i risk getting flamed everytime i post i really love hearing what you guys have to say about things that have come out and things that are upcoming, cheers [/rant]

rather than go back and find actual posts (for fear of starting arguments all over again) you havent noticed bickering or fighting on a regular basis? people getting banned for rude comments etc.? if not you must be on a different section of the boards than i am.

thats a pretty good example right there. im not taking a stand against anything, just sayin there are some rude people on here, which is proven by the number of people who get banned. case in point, i post this message which isnt really anything bad, and i get the above reply.youve proven my point right there, just in the way you responded to my post.

"Wait....wait....what the fuck? Overrated Mystic Quest? Overrated? Mystic Quest? Seriously? You have lost that tiny shred of credibility that you might have had. Which is to say...the .01% of what you say being reasonable. I remain firm in my belief that you are an idiot."

and another from the same page:

"wtf do you mean, "like Lunar"? I just listed two perfectly viable places for them to make an awesome, legitimate "Lunar 3," ... did you dismiss them, or are you just pulling stuff out your butt at this point?"

and another:

"You're full of shit. Metal Gear Solid 4 is rendered at 1024x768 and thus has a lot of jagged edge issues due to having to be rescaled for 1280x720 or 1920x1080 displays. It's even more blatant on a quality 1080p display, like mine. "

this is from 2 oe 3 minutes of searching. im sure if i looked harder and longer i could find much more. my point is, a lot of people seem to be rude for no reason. im not sure if its just this forum or what. whatever the case i hate it as i really like being part of a forum where people dig the same gaming styles as myself.

thanks man, im not offended, i just feel like half the time im afraid to post because i'm afraid what sort of insults will come flying due to a disagreement on which FF is better or which console is best etc.

i havent gotten into any fights with anyone on here since i tend to distance myself when i notice someons got a hot head. but the bickering does create a detraction from the subjects at hand.

I know exactly what you mean. The internet breeds assholes. I apologize if I have ever been offensive. Perhaps we should do more to punish the rude and cruelly sarcastic. After all, they rarely contribute to a conversation anyway. I usually ignore the crude comments, and try to remember never to put too much weight on the opinions of that particular poster again.

glad to hear im not entirely alone in this opinon, i usually dont say polemical things not because i dont have an opinion, i just hate wasting 2 or three pages on: "no my game is better, NO MINE IS". only thing worse is being a pacifist and just watching the conversations as they happen. thats another reason i don't have much interest in getting into online gaming, gaming and game discussion should be fun, not spent in a defensive stance.

not the biggest batman fan eh? im not really either, i did enjoy the new films, if given a choice id take xmen over batman any day.

All I have to say is this: if you think it's hostile now, you should have been here four years ago before I beat these morons into submission. :P

And another thing to remember is that the vast majority of us have been around here for at least five or six years. In many cases it's more along the lines of a decade. Tenure breeds familiarity; I mean, if you ever see a thread with me, Dade, and/or Daggerstrike in it, you can rest assured that we'll be talking a lot of shit, because we know each other well.

To be perfectly honest, you haven't been here long enough to get a feel for how things work around here. We're all pretty old, we're all pretty cranky, but we're also all generally friendly with one another. That doesn't mean we're always tiptoeing through the fucking tulips together. That doesn't mean we won't call somebody out on their ridiculousness. What it does mean is that we're a community, warts and all, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Ive been ripped on countless times by said group of buddies, but in their defense I pretty much deserved it. It sucks, but hey, D-Rider is right. They have been here a long time, so *shrug* I just kinda laugh at it, rarely get involved, and if I do try and do my best to hold my own.

Guess it just comes with being here for awhile lol.

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-Give a man a fire, and hes warm for a day. Light a man on fire, and hes warm for the rest of his life.-

i dont know, maybe thats how you guys see it, but for me, (being a member of other gaming community forums) i havent experienced this dagger in the back type of banter before. and like i said before, the jerkiness isnt aimed at me (except for on one occasion which i squelched pretty fast) its generally between other members. i have no idea how long they've been members, but to be honest when i post on forums alongside people im freinds with IRL im even MORE civil as were freinds.

if you look at some of the examples i listed above theyre not just ripping on one another, they're downright hateful.

to respond to d-riders post re: hostilitywhy the hostility at all? thats the part i dont get.

adam sessler did a rant on the same topic recently, he did ramble a bit on the subject but i did agree with a lot of what he said. seems like the consensus is "why worry about anger management? just take it out on your gaming buddies!"

subnote: i SWEAR im not a hippie, im actually pretty hardcore in all aspects of my life, i guess this is just one place i dont understand the need to for it.